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Do we want the US to financially support NATO?

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fancythat Sat 28-Mar-26 17:13:58

Trump is threatening to pull out. And I dont blame him.
[I dont think he can expect NATO to help with Iran though, personally].

Do we want the US financial support to NATO?

A yes or no answer will suffice.

Yes.

fancythat Mon 30-Mar-26 14:42:52

MaizieD

fancythat

I dont think I said that NATO would no longer exist.

Though I have certainly said it would be a different NATO.
And much diminished.
And not at all sure it could withstand Russia.
Abd certainly not if the US changes sides in any way.

You should try rereading your own posts.

10.53 this morning

6You either have NATO or the USA leaves and you have something else

'Something else' is not NATO. ergo, NATO would no longer exist.

The bit you have quoted is what someone else said

fancythat Mon 30-Mar-26 14:45:08

And in the same post is this

Do we want the US with NATO, or against it

Hardly me not calling it still NATO

fancythat Mon 30-Mar-26 14:47:08

tbh, it seems like my words are not being intrepreted correctly.
But whatever.

Norah Mon 30-Mar-26 15:16:26

fancythat

Trump is threatening to pull out. And I dont blame him.
[I dont think he can expect NATO to help with Iran though, personally].

Do we want the US financial support to NATO?

A yes or no answer will suffice.

Yes.

The answer -- ok either way.

Smileless2012 Mon 30-Mar-26 15:42:39

ok either way I agree Norah.

MaizieD Mon 30-Mar-26 16:40:48

fancythat

MaizieD

fancythat

I dont think I said that NATO would no longer exist.

Though I have certainly said it would be a different NATO.
And much diminished.
And not at all sure it could withstand Russia.
Abd certainly not if the US changes sides in any way.

You should try rereading your own posts.

10.53 this morning

6You either have NATO or the USA leaves and you have something else

'Something else' is not NATO. ergo, NATO would no longer exist.

The bit you have quoted is what someone else said

You should have made that clear by formatting it as a quote.

fancythat Mon 30-Mar-26 16:43:32

I tried.

You can see the 6 has come out instead of the ^ above it.

My computer is old.
As I wrote somewhere else yesterday.

When it goes really daft, I lose the speech marks. And something else entirely comes out instead.

petra Mon 30-Mar-26 16:50:06

Norah

fancythat

Trump is threatening to pull out. And I dont blame him.
[I dont think he can expect NATO to help with Iran though, personally].

Do we want the US financial support to NATO?

A yes or no answer will suffice.

Yes.

The answer -- ok either way.

Fancythat
You must agree that do we want the financial support to NATO% is gobbledegook.
You accuse us of not interrupting your words correctly. Obviously the above makes sense to you but it doesn’t to quite a lot of us.
We can’t be blamed for the way you communicate.